Examination of the linkage and contradictions within and between the terms sustainable development and the rural-urban fringe. The report begins with a brief di

This book critically examines different forms of urban-rural links for sustainable development in different countries. As intertwined processes of globalization

The suburbanisation process is an inherent, integral feature of urbanisation and the growth of cities around the world. Since an increasing amount of people are

Focussing particularly on urban fringe and rural areas, this book addresses the parallel phenomena of growth and decline. In doing so, it not only broadens a de